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id: "quote-not-fastest-movers"
type: "quote"
source_timestamps: ["§ . . ."]
tags: ["strategy", "adaptability"]
related: ["concept-ai-amplification-effect", "framework-digital-evolution-matrix"]
speaker: "Authors"
speakers: ["Bhaskar Chakravorti", "Abidemi Adisa", "Christina Filipovic", "Xue Niu"]
quote: "The digital economy's next chapter will not necessarily be written by the fastest movers. Instead, it may be driven by those who can build for a world of profound dualities..."
sources: ["futures"]
sourceVaultSlug: "hbr-seg-futures"
originDay: 2
articleStem: "hbr-foci-75-fragmenting-digital-economy"
sourceUrl: "https://hbr.org/2026/06/what-a-fragmenting-digital-economy-means-for-global-competition"
sourceTitle: "What a Fragmenting Digital Economy Means for Global Competition"
---
# Success Beyond Speed

> "The digital economy's next chapter will not necessarily be written by the fastest movers. Instead, it may be driven by those who can build for a world of profound dualities..."
> — The Authors

The concluding thought of the source. It reframes success away from raw speed toward the capacity to navigate **profound dualities** — trillion-dollar AI investment on one side, billions of people still offline on the other. It closes the loop opened by [[quote-erosion-global-economy]] and reframes the [[concept-ai-amplification-effect]] as something to be *managed*, not merely ridden.